ostracize

Example Sentences

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“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Traitors” is a social game, so when Funches’ early big swing at another contestant misses terribly, the rest of the players instantly ostracize him.

From Salon

SAG voters usually embrace studio movies that other groups ostracize — they nominated “Babylon” — so this disrespectation comes as something of a surprise.

From Los Angeles Times

Innocent people were fired from their jobs and ostracized by their communities.

From Literature

It hosts many animals that previously were injured, ostracized from their social groups or illegally kept as pets — such as Neil.

From Los Angeles Times